State Senator Sharon Runner and Congressman Steve Knight joined forces to host a Women Veteran’s Forum May 21 at the Lancaster Public Library.

Assemblyman Tom Lackey joined representatives from Runner and Knight’s field offices in introducing local and Los Angeles-based veterans service providers to those in attendance.

In addition to familiar names like VA Health Services and CalVet, attendees were introduced to representatives from Antelope Valley programs which have proven their effectiveness in delivering vital services to area veterans in the areas of mental health care, women’s health services and assistance for the homeless or those in danger of becoming homeless.

In addition, state and federal service providers took the opportunity to highlight some of their more specialized assistance programs and addressed concerns that military and veterans often experience in navigating the bureaucracy inherent to these larger organizations.

Following is a directory of the event participants and some of the services they offer:
The offices of Congressman Steve Knight and Senator Sharon Runner have staff available to assist veterans with expediting applications for benefits and assistance at the Federal and state levels. Constituants are invited to contact their field offices for additional information.

The California Department of Veteran’s Affairs (CalVet) offers benefits that could compensate veterans for a service-connected disability, college education and health care. They also offer assistance with job training and job search, buying a home, elder care, and much more.

Veterans of military service who participated in the Antelope Valley’s first Women Veterans Forum organized by Rep. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, and state Sen. Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster.

Operation Healthy Homecoming is an outreach of Mental Health America, with offices in Lancaster and Palmdale. The program serves very low-income veterans and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Operation Healthy Homecoming offers benefits assistance and personal financial planning, housing counseling and placement, temporary financial assistance and employment assistance.

The Antelope Valley Vet Center is a community-based counseling program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. They offer a broad range of services, including readjustment counseling, counseling for PTSD, sexual trauma and bereavement, help for women veterans, referrals for VA benefits and employment referrals.

The California Department of Business Oversight has a Veterans Services division that focuses on consumer education regarding mortgages, annuities, payday loans, identity theft and other areas of personal finance. Fraud prevention is emphasized.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides healthcare services, including an outpatient clinic in the Antelope Valley and specialized programs that serve female veterans, veterans in need of mental health services, and former service members who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.

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